NSC 2014: Marty Fialkow [#109]

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On this page, you will find information about Marty Fialkow, who is competing at the 2014 National SCRABBLE Championship. This page was updated at least hourly between 09:00 A.M. and midnight local time. This player currently has a record of 14-17, -233, and is ranked #96 in Division 2.

Lower on this page, you can find brief self-reported biographical details of the player, statistics on the player’s past several years of rated tournament play in North America, a graphic showing the player’s ups and downs at this tournament, and a round-by-round report on the player’s opponents and games.

Background Information
	Given name(s): Marty Surname(s): Fialkow Home: Moorestown, NJ, United States Awards: teacher of year-NJ- 1989 Hobbies: writing,reading,traveling

Round by Round
High score: 533 Average for: 378 Average against: 387
Round 1		Fialkow played #13 Gunther Jacobi (Portland, OR) and lost 317 to 507 (a spread of -190). Current ranking: #132. Current record: 0-1, -190.
Round 2		Fialkow played #55 Lila Crotty (Metairie, LA) and lost 353 to 416 (a spread of -63). Current ranking: #131. Current record: 0-2, -253.
Round 3		Fialkow recorded a bye with a spread of 50 points. Current ranking: #108. Current record: 1-2, -203.
Round 4		Fialkow played #136 Christopher Ahlers (Williamsville, NY) and won 342 to 315 (a spread of 27). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 2-2, -176.
Round 5		Fialkow played #135 Michael Bassett (Port Clinton, GA) and won 425 to 329 (a spread of 96). Current ranking: #62. Current record: 3-2, -80.
Round 6		Fialkow played #30 David Gremaud (St. Louis, MO) and lost 359 to 474 (a spread of -115). Current ranking: #83. Current record: 3-3, -195.
Round 7		Fialkow played #40 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) and won 377 to 326 (a spread of 51). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 4-3, -144.
Round 8		Fialkow played #73 Ruchi Gupta (Knoxville, TN) and won 383 to 357 (a spread of 26). Current ranking: #49. Current record: 5-3, -118.
Round 9		Fialkow played #51 Bob Becker (Jefferson, MA) and lost 327 to 340 (a spread of -13). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 5-4, -131.
Round 10		Fialkow played #71 Bradley Robbins (Windham, NH) and lost 362 to 420 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 5-5, -189.
Round 11		Fialkow played #8 Siddharth Murali (Collierville, TN) and won 435 to 378 (a spread of 57). Current ranking: #65. Current record: 6-5, -132.
Round 12		Fialkow played #28 Wayne Barclay (Ottawa ON) and won 424 to 372 (a spread of 52). Current ranking: #50. Current record: 7-5, -80.
Round 13		Fialkow played #19 Mark Schmidt (Asheville, NC) and lost 248 to 421 (a spread of -173). Current ranking: #64. Current record: 7-6, -253.
Round 14		Fialkow played #122 Flora Taylor (Chapel Hill, NC) and lost 362 to 431 (a spread of -69). Current ranking: #77. Current record: 7-7, -322.
Round 15		Fialkow played #9 Ed Liebfried (Swanzey, NH) and lost 316 to 441 (a spread of -125). Current ranking: #90. Current record: 7-8, -447. Fialkow is mentioned in this round’s commentary (1 hit).
Round 16		Fialkow played #60 Diana Grosman (Reisterstown, MD) and lost 373 to 431 (a spread of -58). Current ranking: #99. Current record: 7-9, -505.
Round 17		Fialkow played #21 Cynthia Seales (Stone Mountain, GA) and lost 361 to 465 (a spread of -104). Current ranking: #111. Current record: 7-10, -609.
Round 18		Fialkow played #105 Edward Gowash (Fort Worth, TX) and lost 349 to 406 (a spread of -57). Current ranking: #117. Current record: 7-11, -666.
Round 19		Fialkow played #47 Paula Catanese (Mountain View, CA) and lost 407 to 471 (a spread of -64). Current ranking: #125. Current record: 7-12, -730.
Round 20		Fialkow played #117 Trevor Sealy (Oshawa ON) and lost 351 to 356 (a spread of -5). Current ranking: #126. Current record: 7-13, -735.
Round 21		Fialkow played #93 Carolyn Easter (Birmingham, MI) and lost 340 to 402 (a spread of -62). Current ranking: #129. Current record: 7-14, -797.
Round 22		Fialkow played #118 Frances Shaw (Fair Lawn, NJ) and won 423 to 365 (a spread of 58). Current ranking: #126. Current record: 8-14, -739.
Round 23		Fialkow played #128 Vivian Minden (Dundas ON) and lost 360 to 362 (a spread of -2). Current ranking: #129. Current record: 8-15, -741.
Round 24		Fialkow played #131 Claudia Finn (Seattle, WA) and won 416 to 336 (a spread of 80). Current ranking: #123. Current record: 9-15, -661.
Round 25		Fialkow played #129 Scott McManus (Seattle, WA) and won 533 to 350 (a spread of 183). Current ranking: #116. Current record: 10-15, -478.
Round 26		Fialkow played #132 Kristian Dietz (New York, NY) and won 420 to 261 (a spread of 159). Current ranking: #109. Current record: 11-15, -319.
Round 27		Fialkow played #94 Connie Breitbeil (Cincinnati, OH) and won 435 to 286 (a spread of 149). Current ranking: #96. Current record: 12-15, -170.
Round 28		Fialkow played #64 Erica Norris Bodrazic (Phoenixville, PA) and lost 403 to 414 (a spread of -11). Current ranking: #104. Current record: 12-16, -181.
Round 29		Fialkow played #62 Joanne Cohen (Owings Mills, MD) and won 410 to 407 (a spread of 3). Current ranking: #95. Current record: 13-16, -178.
Round 30		Fialkow played #119 Supriya Devnani (Orlando, FL) and won 388 to 369 (a spread of 19). Current ranking: #87. Current record: 14-16, -159.
Round 31		Fialkow played #40 Martin Weisskopf (Huntsville, AL) again and lost 340 to 414 (a spread of -74). Current ranking: #96. Current record: 14-17, -233.

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